National Denture Provider to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Sex and Race Harassment Suit
PRESS RELEASE 6-2-10 Federal Agency Charged Affiliated Dentist Harassed Female Assistants BOSTON – Affordable Care, Inc., a national denture provider, will pay $150,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sex and race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity C ...
Creative Networks Settles EEOC Retaliation Lawsuit for $110,000
PRESS RELEASE 5-26-10 Disability Services Company Fired Employee Over Discrimination Charge and Threatened Witness, Federal Agency Charged PHOENIX – Creative Networks, LLC, a company which provides services to the disabled, has agreed to pay $110,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. E ...
The Bell Company Sued by EEOC for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation
PRESS RELEASE 5-26-10 Company Fired Worker for Complaints About Gender-Based Abuse, Federal Agency Charges BALTIMORE -- The Bell Company / The Bell Company, LLC, violated federal law when it fired a skilled female equipment operator and materials handler for complaining about discrimination beca ...
EEOC Obtains $50,000 from Texas Transportation Brokerage Companies for Retaliation
PRESS RELEASE 5-25-10 Employee Fired for Complaints About Harassment, Federal Agency Charged HOUSTON – Two Dallas/Fort Worth-area transportation brokerage companies will pay $50,000 and provide additional remedial relief to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment ...
EEOC Sues City of Boone, Iowa For Age Discrimination
PRESS RELEASE 5-24-10 City Rejected Older Applicant for Less-Qualified Younger One, Federal Agency Says DES MOINES – The City of Boone, Iowa violated federal law by hiring a 25-year-old rather than a more qualified 62-year-old because of the latter’s age, the U.S. Equal Employment Op ...
Morley Missouri Construction Company Settles Racial Harassment and Retaliation Suit with EEO
PRESS RELEASE 5-24-10 Dollins Construction Punished Black Workers for Complaining About Noose Display, Racist Comments, Federal Agency Charged ST. LOUIS – Dollins Construction Company of Morley, Mo., has settled a race harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commi ...
Pollard Agency Pays $49,556 To Settle EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
PRESS RELEASE 5-20-10 Federal Agency Charged Security Guard Was Fired Because of Mennonite Head Scarf ATLANTA – The Pollard Agency, a Fruithurst, Ala.-based contract security company, will pay more than $49,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Emplo ...
Orkin Pest Control Sued By EEOC For Age And Religious Discrimination In Hiring And Advertising
PRESS RELEASE 5-20-10 Agency Says Company Refused to Hire Older Workers and Advertised for Mormon Applicants PHOENIX – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced that it has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing pest control company Orkin of discriminat ...
Overland Park Restaurant Sued By EEOC For Sexual Harassment Of Teen Worker
PRESS RELEASE 5-20-10 18-Year-Old Forced to Quit Because of Boss’s Sexual Touching and Advances, Federal Agency Charged KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Cactus Grill, Inc., violated federal law when it allowed a manager to sexually harass an 18-year-old server at its restaurant in Leawood, Kan. ...
Perdue Farms Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit
PRESS RELEASE 5-12-10 Chicken Processor Denied 66-Year-Old Worker a Job Because of Her Age, Federal Agency Charged LEWISTON, N.C. – Perdue Farms, Inc. will pay $25,500 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency ...
EEOC Collects on $471,000 Jury Award after Winning Appeal from Waterproofing Company In Sex Harassment Case
PRESS RELEASE 5-5-10 Teens Were Among 13 Victims of Abuse at Everdry’s Rochester Location, Agency Charged NEW YORK – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Everdry Marketing and Management has paid $471,096 in damages, plus $86,581 in post-judgment in ...
Meridian, Mississippi Nursing Home to Pay $40,000 to Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
Poplar Springs Refused to Consider Applicant Because of Age and Race, Federal Agency Charged GULFPORT, Miss. -- Poplar Springs Nursing Center, LLC, a Meridian, Miss., nursing home, will pay $40,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age and race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equa ...
EEOC SUES BIEWER WISCONSIN SAWMILL FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
PRESS RELEASE 7-31-09 Supervisor Repeatedly Exposed Himself to Female Employees, Federal Agency Says MADISON, WIS. – A major Midwestern lumber supplier, Biewer Wisconsin Sawmill, Inc. (Biewer), violated federal law by allowing female employees to be sexually harassed at its sawmill in Pr ...
AVEVA DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS SUED BY EEOC FOR DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 8-3-09 Company Unlawfully Fired Employee With End Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Says MIAMI – Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc., a Miramar, Fla.-based transdermal patch manufacturer, violated federal law when it fired an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equa ...
HOMETOWN BUFFET, INC. AGREES TO SETTLE SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT WITH EEOC
PRESS RELEASE 8-3-09 EEOC Says Women Subjected to Groping and Sexual Advances by Male Managers SAN DIEGO -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a class litigation settlement against Hometown Buffet, Inc., on behalf of teens and Latinas who were subjected to ...
AT&T TO PAY $75,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RACE DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT
PRESS RELEASE 8-3-09 Telecommunications Giant Fired Employee Because He Complained About Race Bias, Federal Agency Says PITTSBURGH – AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless), a Fortune 500 telecommunications company, will pay $75,000 to settle a federal race discrimination and retaliation l ...
ST. PAUL DRY CLEANERS SUED BY EEOC FOR PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION
PRESS RELEASE 8-6-09 White Way Cleaners Unlawfully Fired Woman to ‘Protect’ Her, Federal Agency Charges MINNEAPOLIS – A dry cleaner that has 10 facilities in the Twin Cities violated federal law by firing an employee because she was pregnant, according to a lawsuit filed yest ...
LITTLE RIVER GOLF TO PAY $44,700 TO SETTLE EEOC RACE AND NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION SUIT
PRESS RELEASE 8-6-09 Company Fired African American Housekeepers and Replaced Them With Hispanics, Federal Agency Charged ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – A Pinehurst, N.C.-based support services company for condominium complexes and resorts will pay $44,700 and furnish significant remedial relie ...
GOLDEN CORRAL RESTAURANT SETTLES EEOC SEXUAL HARASSMENT SUIT
PRESS RELEASE 8-6-09 Seven Women Abused by Co-Workers, Federal Agency Charged LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Georgetown, Ky., restaurant will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency annou ...
CDI MEDIA SETTLES EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT FOR $65,000
PRESS RELEASE 8-7-09 Utah Duplication Company Fired Employee Because of His Parkinson’s Disease, Federal Agency Charged DENVER – A Salt Lake City-based media duplication company will pay $65,000 to a former employee and furnish other injunctive relief in a consent decree to settle ...